Support for DeLay erodes at home, poll finds
Fewer than half of past backers would vote to re-elect embattled lawmakerMSNBC News Services
Updated: 9:28 p.m. ET Jan. 14, 2006
Only half of those who cast ballots for embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay in 2004 are inclined to do so again, according to a recent poll of voters in DeLay's home district.
A criminal indictment and continuing ethics investigations of DeLay have severely eroded support for the former House majority leader, most notably among Republicans who voted for him before, according to the Houston Chronicle, which conducted its poll last week.
A quarter of the 2004 DeLay voters remain undecided about who they will support this year, but 20 percent have defected to other candidates, the survey of 560 registered voters in Texas' 22nd Congressional District found.
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DeLay, who is accused of violating campaign finance laws in Texas, won 80 percent of the vote in the 2002 Republican primary, according to the Chronicle.
But according to the Chronicle poll, 38 percent of those surveyed have changed their opinion of DeLay over the past year. Of those, 91 percent view him less favorably, according to the paper.
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